Below are the following that what President Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr. had said during his 4th State of the Nation Address, which was run for about seventy-one minutes from 16h06 to 17h17 (Philippine Standard Time, UTC+8). All of the portions are provided from various news agencies’ SONA 2025 coverages, and are translated into English.
- Pres. Marcos Jr. congratulated the newly elected senators and people in the congress in the 2025 Midterm Elections. The people have been dismayed in the results of the elections as well. The president also said to let put aside our differences and come to an agreement.
- For his final three years of the president’s administration, he said “We will do everything we can to provide even greater comfort to our countrymen.”
- He will continue to provide investment to more entrepreneurs to let people to start a small business to everyone. Pres. Marcos also called out to small business owners to start earning through agriculture.
- “We have proven that P20/kg rice can be sold without causing losses to our farmers”, Pres. Marcos said on the P20 rice, that it will also be launched nationwide, through Kadiwa.
- Pres. Marcos also said in his 2025 SONA, that the local production of pork shall be strengthened, including the start of African Swine Fever (ASF) vaccination.
- The production of rice and other agricultural products have been proven to increase, as what Pres. Marcos said, with thousands of hectares have been watered up.
- About fifteen million hybrid and high-grade coconut seeds will be planted in various parts of the Philippines, as Pres. Marcos proposed in Congress to stimulate the industry. He added that there will be scholarships in agriculture for the youth, and the Department of Agrarian Reform is also speeding up the distribution of CLOA and E-Title.
- Tackling the issues of electricity of the Filipinos, the importance of renewable energy was the priority, because during the first three years of Pres. Marcos Administration, about 2.5 million homes have installed electricity, and with the Solar Power Home system, about a million homes will also have renewable electricity power. Additionally, for the next three years, about 200 electricity plants will soon to be completed as well.
- The net metering program shall be proposed by the Department of Energy and to be speeded up by the ERC for approval. Because of the damaged generators and expired permits that caused power outages in Siquijor, the president asked the ERC, NEA and DOE to let their electricity back by the end of the year.
- About six million of people nationwide have no water supply. The president’s answer is to investigate with LWUA against sloppy water supply services.
- Pres. Marcos had said that he would also start the Academic Recovery and Accessible Learning Program and he would also strengthen the Early Childhood Card and Education, and to provide more Day Care Centers throughout the nation. About 22,000 of schools was opened as well, and by the end of 2028, over 40,000 of schools will soon to complete, with partnership with the private sectors, and to further expand the tutoring and remedial program. The laptops that were used by teachers in public schools will soon to arrive, letting them that there is no need to spend for a new one. The teaching overload and overtime of public school teachers would also start beginning the following school year.
- The child vaccination should also be completed very soon, as what Pres. Marcos had said to the Department of Health. He also stated that he will be given a free check up and lab test to teachers as well.
- TESDA’s Tech-Voc/TVET will also soon to arrive to senior high school. For this, the government had allocated over PHP 60 Billion pesos to provide free education to college and Tech-Voc.
- • The presidential merit scholarship for High School graduates with high honors/grades will also happen.
- The 4Ps Program will continue to stay, but more improvements involving the law will soon to ammend.
- By 2027, it is targetted that it will reach over 750,000 homes for the feeding program, and the DSWD will soon to provide more healthier foods, including source of milk, through the allocation of a billion pesos of funds.
- For LGUs, the track and field ovals of the Philippine Sports Commission in Manila, Pasig, and Baguio, will soon to open to the wider public.
- For the past three years of Marcos Administration, there are more public hospitals and specialty centers have been completely built, with additional coverages and benefits provided by PhilHealth was made into an improvement. For every dialysis done in three times a week, all sessions will become free, for the entire year. PhilHealth will also cover the costs for Kidney Transplant treatments, while for dengue patients, they will cover the costs worth PHP 47,000. The Outpatient Services, Therapy, and PWD rehabilitation will also be covered by PhilHealth. Thus, the zero balance billing will continue. The eGOV app will also be part in the process of adding medical assistance.
- The North-South Commuter Railway, Subways, and among others will continue its project for completing, while for the MRT and LRT, it will soon to continue to improve its services. The discounted rate for PWD, Seniors, and Students was also increased from 20% to 50%. The president will soon to return Love Bus, the most popular public bus that was launched in Metro Manila in the 1970s, and it will soon to arrive in areas of Visayas and Mindanao, and it will have a free fare.
- Other infrastructural projects, such as Dalian Train, was now ready for operations, with the Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge will soon to start by the end of the year, including the Bicol Line of the Philippine National Railways (PNR), the soon to be opened extension of the South Luzon Expressway (SLEx) from Santo Tomas, Batangas to Tiaong, Quezon by 2026, and the Guadalupe Bridge rehabilitation, that it should not be closed, rather, it will have a detour bridge. If there will be a Luzon Spine Expressway Network Program, then there would be a Mindanao Transport Connectivity Improvement Project.
- The National Fiber Backbone Project Phases 1, 2, and 3 have been completed, making the provision of faster internet would be a reality, with the expansion of Free Wireless Internet in the country will continue to happen.
- The Department of Information and Communication Techonology and the Department of Education, as what Pres. Marcos said, they will soon to provide internet to over twelve thousand schools before the end of the year, and they have given away over a million of SIM Cards with Free Data to students as well.
- The eGOV app was improved as well – as NBI Clearance, Beep Card, and BIR eTIN were added.
- The Land Transportation Office will soon to issue plate numbers to their newly owned vehicles within at least three days.
- Any of the guerilla groups in the country have been led nothing as well.
- The masterminds and those involved in the missing sabangeros will be hunted down and held accountable. Over PHP 83 billion pesos worth of illegal drugs have been confiscated by the government. The operations against big and small-time drug dealers will continue to remain.
- The president gives thanks to all Overseas Filipino Workers on what they have made to everybody, especially the clemency that have been given to the governments of Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait.
- The preparations to various types of calamities (typhoons, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and etc.) must be a top priority, including other form of criminality. More evacuation centers will soon to increase (with schools will also be used as is).
- The public should cooperate in terms of their disciplinary measures to save the environment, by throwing their trashes in a proper way. The DPWH will soon to submit flood control projects to the president within the last three years, and he will publish the full listy of it as well, with auditing and performance review.
- For the 2026 Budget, the president will return any bill not fully aligned with the National Expenditure Program.
PHCA CID: PHCA-2025H2-2420
